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Scientists 'teach' spinach to send emails – and Twitter can't handle it Professor Michael Strano from MIT said that his team's new research was "a novel demonstration of how we have overcome the plant-to-human communication barrier" Using nanotechnology, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology re-engineered spinach plants to give them extraordinary abilities (Image: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. S...

Plants automatically sample groundwater and carbon nanotubes enable variance detection The plants can detect nitroaromatic compounds (associated with explosives) present in groundwater that they naturally sample. Upon detection, embedded carbon nanotubes (CNTs) emit a fluorescent signal readable by an infrared camera. The camera can be coupled to a Raspberry Pi handheld computer programmed to email warnings. Interestingly, MIT graduate Min Hao Wong has started a company called Plantea to further develop this technology. Twitter Post Yours sincerely, Spinach "Are you sure you want to unsubscri...

Scientists Taught Spinach How to Send Emails to Help Fight Climate Change — and This Isn't a Joke Andrea Romano © Provided by Travel + Leisure Richard Bord/Getty Scientists have found a way to teach spinach to send emails. But it's not just for fun or to tell you about a huge sale event — these specific messages are meant to warn people about climate change or explosive materials, according to EuroNews. According to a study published in the scientific journal Nature Materials, engineers at MIT created a new method for detecting major changes in our climate thanks to th...

Wirelessly connected to what, though? To email. I see. How can this be happening? Through a combination of nanotechnology, infrared detectors and the mobile network, if that makes sense. You know what doesn’t make sense? The spinach part. Why would spinach need to receive emails? Don’t be silly – it doesn’t receive emails. Of course not, sorry. It sends them. Spinach is sending emails? To whom? At this stage, mostly to scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The spinach plants have been engineered to act as self-powered auto-samplers in ambient groun...

They’ve trained rats, bees, and even dolphins to sniff out landmines, but scientists are now turning their attention to an even more unlikely bomb-detecting ally: spinach. Already famous for its health benefits, spinach could soon add even more years onto people’s lives by helping to uncover hidden explosives and avoid casualties. This is thanks to the work of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who used a technique called vascular infusion to introduce carbon nanotubes into the leaves of the plant. These nanotubes were specifically designed to interact with ...